Thank you to François Dagenais for this video.
Maya Competes at the World Junior Championships in Wroclaw, Poland
“Congratulations goes out to our very own Maya Laylor who stepped up to the platform alongside the world’s most elite junior competitors last week in Warsaw, Poland. Maya battled hard and swooped into 6th place with a snatch of 85 kg (187 lbs), a clean and jerk of 107 kg (236 lbs) and a total score of 192 kg (423 lbs). Great work, Maya!” – Laylor Performance Systems
Young Olympic Weightlifter has Pan Am in Sight
Original Source: Tough Competition Magazine Maya Laylor lifts over 400-pounds on her best competition days. As an Olympic weightlifter, she trains up to six hours a day perfecting the snatch and clean and jerk. Both lifts combined have 18 total incorrect movements that any athlete is susceptible of committing. It is a sport with so much attention on the weight and heavy lift aspects that many...
A Talk About Pan Am 2015
Maya did a talk at the Cameron Public School about the Pan Am Games, inspiring the next generation of athletes.
Maya Breaks Decades Old Records
Daughter. Father. Olympic dream. 19-year old weightlifter Maya Laylor snatching 91 kg/ 200 lbs in this photo, breaking a 21-year old record of 87.5 kg / 193 lbs. Maya went 85 kg, 88kg, 91 kg in the snatch. Then she went on to break the clean and jerk record of 107.5 kg/ 237 lbs with 110 kg/ 242 lbs. She went 105 kg, 110kg and attempted 115kg / 253 lbs; she got the clean but missed the jerk. Maya...
Winter Lift
For this particular competition I did not worry or stress about the meet at all. My dad told me it’s not an important one, so I won’t have to lose weight to be in my 69kg weight class. I was happy about that because as you already know, losing weight is not my forte. So, I went on with my usual training, not stressing myself over competition matters. The night before I to a comedic movie at the...